Sadness and Happiness

Without going into too many details, I will say that I've been pretty down lately... But it's funny what will cheer you up when you are...

I always tell one of my favorite classes that they should all come to Canada to visit my house, and then they can meet my family and my cat and my mom can make them a big Canadian meal. Anyways, the other day we were talking about travelling and different countries and I asked them all "Where would you like to go and why?" and a bunch of the little kids said, "Canada." When I asked them why, they replied, "Your house."

It's funny because sometimes I wonder how much of what I say actually sinks in and makes an impression and hearing that just cheered me up somewhat.

I wore a skirt to school the other day as well, and one little girl gets up in the middle of class, motions for me to bend down, and whispers in my ear, "Teacher look beautiful."

And then of course, in my other class, the girls were all impressed with my skirt so I did a twirl for them.. and one little boy - the king of inappropriate comments - starts to laugh, points at his crotch, and says, "Don't do that, your thing will come out." Umm.. hmmm perhaps time for someone to have an anatomy lesson?? (Not from me of course!!)

So.. never thought I'd say this but in a time of me feeling down, it's the kids that have been cheering me up!